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Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Vero Beach Florida

Consultations and supervision of design , construction and operation of distillation system of bio-refinery products. HazOp analysis of Organosolv process production plant. Organosolv is a pulping technique that uses an organic solvent to solubilize lignin and hemicellulose. Expert in Bioenergy Technologies helped the Department of Energy review proposals for a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) .

Fort Myers, Florida Area

Principal Engineer,Capital Project team leader, responsible of Process Design Package (PDP) by coordinating technical information from R&D and pilot plant teams. Managed five engineers. Issued a Basis of design (BOD) for Algenol’s first commercial reference plant in Florida. Completed Process Flow Diagrams and a draft of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams prior to the FEED study. Developed Gate Criteria Tool and Project Area technical specification sheets. Contributed significantly to Algenol’s Techno Economical Model (TEM) and assisted in project areas infrastructure evaluations. Suggested plant operation and control philosophy. Generated a complete Fuels Tank Farm and Load-out FEL3 design Package including mechanical, equipment civil works cost evaluation. Participated in CO2 source and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) evaluations. Assisted in Polk county project site evaluations including selection criteria and General Arrangement(GA) drawings. Coordinated with vendors for cost estimates. Assisted in Project management and documents control including Management of change (MOC). Participated in Process design package of DOE application and weekly reporting and Independent Engineer document. Participated in seawater desalination concept using Algenol’s proprietary technology. Applied validation skills and technology to improve pilot plant commercial evaluation for investments.

Mongstad Tcm Norway

Process (CAP) is post-combustion technology that captures CO2 emitted from power plants or industrial sources. Deployment of this technology requires operating data and validated simulation design tool that can evaluate various CAP configurations to achieve the lowest possible capital cost, energy demand and operating cost.Managed 5 validation engineers on site for two years for data and process analysis, Participated in plant inspection, operation and validation (USA, Norway and Sweden); as an expert for carbon dioxide capture and sequestration (CCS), led project planning, budgeting and provided client support for pilot plant / demo scale CO2 capture projects at TCM site (Norway). Maintained oversight of process and unit operation validation, and test execution of several CO2 capture pilot / demo plants with flue gas sources that are coal-fired, gas-fired, synthetic gas and from residue fluidized catalytic cracker unit. Handled a full test lifecycle moving plans from concept to test execution in turnaround and underperforming environments; launched vigorous validation and testing procedure that delivers high quality and consistent process data.Led dynamic simulation, operation, and validation in Alstom CAP plants, prepared operation test matrix and controllers set points; conducted optimization determination of steady state operation stability, Observed plant parameters for data analysis and data reconciliation, compared model with plant operation data and reconciled data, coordinated third party inspection and clients to full satisfaction, reported to Test Centre Mongstad (TCM), and CO2 Capture Mongstad (CCM), presented long-term plant operation planning, daily operation instructions and utility consumption tracking, participated in HazOp analysis, and FEMA of plant modifications, performed task force execution, resources evaluations, and environmental studies.Design and process Development of CAP technology

Knoxville Tn

participated in design and process Development of Chilled Ammonia Process (CAP) for CO2 Capture, conducted control system strategy for commercial plants, proficient in ASPEN Dynamic model, Pressure Mapping ,sensitivity analysis, stripper simulation ,and control philosophy; performed plant data reconciliation, implemented new ideas in absorbers new configuration to reduce capital cost (patent applications) ,studied regenerator Low pressure steam consumption to reduce energy consumption(patent application); applied sophisticated control strategy application in Ammonia stripping (patent application).• Patent application of sophisticated control strategy application in Ammonia stripping• Patent application of Stripper simulation and Ammonia stripping• Patent application low pressure steam consumption to reduce energy consumption• Patent application new absorbers configuration to reduce capital cost • Patent application to reduce capital cost of equipment new configurations

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

Managed design and construction of Biorefinery development pilot plants, Program manager of DOD projects• Five Biorefinery development pilot plants to produce Butanol, ethanol, and bio-oil• 2.5 MMGPY Biodiesel production plant (EPC)• $12 M DOE grant application for 1 t/d Biorefinery project

Engineering support to upgrade units in Pine Bend Refinery projects, Control modernization projects that improved operational productivity and energy efficiency, Hysys modeling of refinery systems • Hydraulic modeling of sour water system• Hysys sour and pure Hydrogen simulation • Alkylation (replace alkyl contactor)• Amine gas treating for Sulfur and CO2 capture• Hydro treating units upgrade (HP/LP interface)• Hydrogen clean up and purification• Hydrogen compression, Lube and seal oil • Merox unit (contactor and caustic settler upgrade)• Slop oil piping Upgrade• SRU (sulfur recovery units)

Greater Denver Area

Thermochemical conversion of biomass (wood chips Gasification process) to Ethanol; Experienced in chemical engineering, process development, and equipment design; Formalized safety checklist to ensure complete review of designed systems; Inspected and installed unit operation equipment; Familiar with design and implementation of air and water Pollution control equipment; Expert in Amine technology for Sulfur and CO2 capture; Qualified in HAZOP Analysis, and cause and effects analysis; Participated in Thermochemical Pilot plant operation (100 gallon Ethanol per day), in troubleshooting and modifications process (especially in Syn-gas Clean up and purification); Participated in full scale Engineering features for gasification plant (100MMGPY Ethanol production from wood chips).Thermochemical conversion of biomass (Gasification), Syn gas catalytic reaction to produce Ethanol • Pilot plant and Full-scale gasification plants• ASPEN modeling of Gasification systems • EPC (Merrick and CH2M HILL) coordination

Baghdad And Detroit Mi

Involved in Industrial processes; Planned policies and procedures, leading to enhanced internal and external relations; Designed, Directed, supervised and coordinated activities of designated projects including foreign investments, achieving of higher success rate.Techno-commercial cooperation with international companies, Joint Venture management, foreign investments, achieving of higher success rate • Ethanol joint venture plants (10MMGPY) EPC• Vegetable oil production plant (30t/d)• Spray drying unit of Liquorices production plant• Glass production plant for bottle and jar (70t/d)• Five Food grade CO2 production plants (EPC) • PENEX/DIH Naphtha Isomerization (10000 BPD) “Studi Technologie Progetti S.r.l” Italy• Fresh baking yeast and active dry yeast 10 t/d. Joint venture with Vogelbusch GmbH (Austria)

Greater San Diego Area

• MEET US -Entrepreneur Program, CA (2005)• Diploma of Beyster Institute Rady School of Management UC, San Diego CA

Phd, Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

• Diploma Of Beyster Institute Rady School Of Management Uc, San Diego Ca (2005)